Documentation

lmstudio icon
App
developer logo
Developer Docs
lmstudio-js
lmstudio-python
CLI

System Requirements

Supported CPU, GPU types for LM Studio on Mac (M1/M2/M3/M4), Windows (x64/ARM), and Linux (x64/ARM64)

macOS

  • Chip: Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4).
  • macOS 13.4 or newer is required.
    • For MLX models, macOS 14.0 or newer is required.
  • 16GB+ RAM recommended.
    • You may still be able to use LM Studio on 8GB Macs, but stick to smaller models and modest context sizes.
  • Intel-based Macs are currently not supported. Chime in here if you are interested in this.

Windows

LM Studio is supported on both x64 and ARM (Snapdragon X Elite) based systems.

  • CPU: AVX2 instruction set support is required (for x64)
  • RAM: LLMs can consume a lot of RAM. At least 16GB of RAM is recommended.
  • GPU: at least 4GB of dedicated VRAM is recommended.

Linux

LM Studio is supported on both x64 and ARM64 (aarch64) based systems.

  • LM Studio for Linux is distributed as an AppImage.
  • Ubuntu 20.04 or newer is required
  • Ubuntu versions newer than 22 are not well tested. Let us know if you're running into issues by opening a bug here.
  • CPU:
    • On x64, LM Studio ships with AVX2 support by default

This page's source is available on GitHub